megaproject

noun

mega·proj·ect ˈme-gə-ˌprä-ˌjekt

-jikt,

also -ˌprō-

: a major project or undertaking (as in business or construction)

Examples of megaproject in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The bottom line: the megaproject won all the zoning rights and permits, but the cost of actually building is keeping new housing from coming online. —

Mike Deehan, Axios, 11 July 2024 Full funding has been secured for the Hudson Tunnel Project—a $16 billion rail megaproject linking New York to New Jersey via an underwater tunnel. —

David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024 Even the international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject ITER recently suffered a four-year timetable setback when the delivery of a 6,000-tonne magnet and other components was delayed. —

David Szondy, New Atlas, 8 July 2024 The country located farthest downstream, Bangladesh, will probably bear the brunt of the megaproject’s environmental havoc. —

Brahma Chellaney, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for megaproject

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